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symptoms. The remedy for this condition is said to be a plant 
called Sannipata-nud, “ driving away sannipat,” and Nepdla- 
nimba, “ Nepal Neem ” or “ Nepal bitter.’ 1 At the present time 
the drug sold in the shops is S. sphcerocarpa but whether it is 
the original Nepal Neem is difficult to decide, as at present we 
do not even know whether this plant is found in Nepal. In 
typhoid conditions the drug is considered to act as a tonic, to 
promote diuresis, subdue fever, and remove the derangement 
of the humors. We are not aware of any experiments having 
been made with it by European physicians in India, though its 
near relationship with the Antirrhinums, which contain gluco- 
sides similar to those of Digitalis, would, we should have 
thought, have excited curiosity in regard to its physiological 
action.” (Pharmacographia Indica, III. 5.) 
Chemical composition , — The powdered drug treated with ether yielded a 
dark olive-green extract, consisting of chlorophyll and uncrystallizable fatty 
matter. Subsequent percolation with alcohol removed a deep brown extract, 
from which cubical crystals of alkaline chlorides separated on evaporation. 
An aqueous solution of this extract had a saltish taste and gave distinct 
precipitates with albaloidal tests. The alkaloid was removed by ether in an 
amorphous condition, and gave no well-marked colour reactions with the 
strong mineral acids. By continuing the exhaustion of the powdered drug 
with water, a deep reddish brown extract was obtained having a bitterish 
and nauseous taste, and containing saccharine and other matters which 
readily fermented. In order to ascertain if the drug contained a substance 
similar to digitalin, a fresh decoction of the powder was filtered and precipita- 
ted by tannin, the precipitate washed, mixed with an excess of alkali, and 
shaken with ether. The result was the separation of an alkaloid similar to 
that previously found. As more recent investigators prepare digitalin by 
exhausting with alcohol after treatment of the drug with water, this process 
was adopted with Schweinfurthia. The resinous matter collected had an 
acrid taste, but no principle could be obtained possessing the properties of 
digitalin, digitonin or digitoxiu, to which, according to i'chmiedeberg, the 
poisonous qualities of digitalis are due. Besides the alkaloid, which we consi- 
er to be the active principle, the drug yielded 18'6 per cent, of mineral 
matter.” (Pharmacographia Indica III. 8). 
885 . Lindenbergia urticcefolia., Lehm. h.f.b.i., 
iv. 262 . 
Syn . : — Stemodia ruderalis, Vahl. Roxb.4 90. 
Vern. : — Dhol (Mar.) ; Gazdar (Bomb.). 
Habitat Throughout India, on walls and banks. 
